Team USA wins gold in men’s basketball for the fourth Olympics in a row
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Fresh off second major victory at the Open, Collin Morikawa relishing chance to represent Team USA at Tokyo 2020
After making history with his victory at the Open earlier this month, Collin Morikawa might well be the favorite to win Olympic gold in the country…
Continue Reading NBA Wizards-Pacers Summer League game postponed due to Covid-19 health and safety protocols
By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The NBA Summer League game between the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers has been postponed due to the league’s…
Continue Reading Lionel Messi says PSG move is a ‘possibility’ as he bids tearful farewell to Barcelona
By Duarte Mendonca and John Sinnott, CNN As he bid a tearful farewell to Barcelona on Sunday, football superstar Lionel Messi said a move to Paris…
Continue Reading Bobby Bowden, legendary Florida State University football coach, dies at 91
By Wayne Sterling, Jacob Lev and Eric Levenson, CNN Bobby Bowden, the famed college football coach who led Florida State University for over 30 years…
Continue Reading Closing ceremony wraps Tokyo 2020 after Team USA tops medal table
High jumpers sharing gold; competitors celebrating their rivals’ success; runners helping fallen athletes back to their feet. The Tokyo games have…
Continue Reading Eliud Kipchoge is the ‘greatest of all time … in any sport,’ says leading performance coach
By George Ramsay, CNN After winning the men’s Olympic marathon at Tokyo 2020, Eliud Kipchoge disarmingly remarked that he’d “wanted…
Continue Reading Closing ceremony wraps Tokyo 2020 after Team USA tops medal table
By Ben Church The final medals are being awarded in the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, wrapping two weeks of competition overshadowed by…
Continue Reading What’s next for gymnastics great Simone Biles after Tokyo?
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles left Tokyo on Wednesday with her fame intact, but changed from the person she had been…
Continue Reading Athletes enter ‘Faustian bargain’ over track and shoe tech developments
By Jack Guy, CNN A fast track and new developments in running shoe design have seen a number of records broken at the Tokyo Olympics, but a leading…
Continue Reading Neeraj Chopra’s javelin victory delivers India its first Olympic gold medal in track and field
By Hannah Ritchie and Sana Noor Haq, CNN “Unbelievable,” was how Neeraj Chopra described his victory in the men’s javelin on…
Continue Reading Allyson Felix becomes most decorated US track and field athlete in Olympics history
By Ben Church and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Allyson Felix became the most decorated US track and field athlete in Olympics history after helping Team USA…
Continue Reading Kim Raisner: Germany’s modern pentathlon coach disqualified from Olympics for hitting horse
By Gawon Bae, Hannah Ritchie and Ben Church, CNN Germany’s modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner has been disqualified from Tokyo 2020 for…
Continue Reading Eliud Kipchoge: Marathon world record holder has ‘the qualities of an ascetic monk’
By George Ramsay, CNN When filmmakers were invited to document Eliud Kipchoge’s second attempt to run a marathon in under two hours, it was the…
Continue Reading Team USA wins gold in men’s basketball for the fourth Olympics in a row
By Jill Martin, CNN Team USA avenged its early Olympic loss to France by beating the French men’s basketball team for the gold medal on…
Continue Reading Ponytails and smiles: Pervasive language keeps sexism in Olympic sport at play
By Kara Fox, CNN When Rebecca Smith sat down to watch New Zealand play the United States Women’s National Team in a Tokyo 2020 football match…
Continue Reading Heat, humidity and another tropical storm are expected for the end of the Olympics
By Allison Chinchar and Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologists Heat, humidity and tropical systems have been the nemesis of athletes during these Olympic…
Continue Reading Heat, humidity and another tropical storm are expected for the end of the Olympics
Great Britain’s gold medal winning diver, Tom Daley, unveils the cardigan he has been knitting while at the Olympic Summer Games in…
Continue Reading Juventus apologizes for racist post shared on women’s team’s Twitter feed
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Juventus has apologized after a tweet was posted on its women’s team’s official account showing a player making a…
Continue Reading Lionel Messi: ‘Barcelona is above everything, even the best player in the world,’ says club president
By Aleks Klosok and Matias Grez, CNN Its motto is “More than a club,” a theme that bullish Barcelona President Joan Laporta riffed on at…
Continue Reading Lionel Messi: ‘Barcelona is above everything, even the best player in the world,’ says club president
El Clasico is one of the biggest and most intense games in the world of soccer. It’s involved some of the greatest ever players and featured plenty…
Continue Reading Belarusian Olympic officials who allegedly tried to force sprinter onto plane stripped of accreditation
By Helen Regan and Jennifer Hauser, CNN The International Olympic Committee has revoked the accreditation of two Belarusian coaches allegedly…
Continue Reading Jack Grealish: Manchester City signs England star from Aston Villa in reported British transfer record deal
By Aleks Klosok and John Sinnott, CNN English Premier League champion Manchester City completed the signing of England international Jack Grealish​…
Continue Reading Lionel Messi: Barcelona says Argentine star is leaving the club
By David Close and John Sinnott, CNN Lionel Messi is leaving Barcelona, the Spanish club said Thursday. “Despite club and player reaching an…
Continue Reading Why Olympic divers take showers — and use those tiny towels — between dives
By Faith Karimi, CNN Viewers of the Tokyo Olympics are apparently a little baffled by the behavior of athletes in the diving events. Divers typically…
Continue Reading Alberto Ginés wins first Olympic climbing gold in Tokyo
By George Ramsay, CNN Aged 18, Alberto Ginés has just made two pieces of history at the Tokyo Olympics: he’s the first person to be crowned a…
Continue Reading Quinn: First out trans Olympian isn’t just thinking about medals at Tokyo 2020 — ‘The fight isn’t close to over’
By Becky Thompson, CNN Canadian footballer Quinn made history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by becoming the first trans and the first non-binary…
Continue Reading British police arrest 11 people for online racist abuse following Euro 2020 final
By James Briggs, CNN British police have arrested 11 people across the UK in connection with episodes of racist abuse targeting England football…
Continue Reading Simone Biles: CNN exclusively goes inside US superstar’s ‘secret gym’ in Tokyo
Simone Biles has publicly thanked the gym an hour outside of Tokyo where she was able to step away from the public eye and train privately to get…
Continue Reading Indian men’s hockey team dedicates Olympic bronze medal to doctors, Covid-19 frontline ‘warriors’
By Ben Morse Amid the joy of the Indian men’s hockey team ending its 41-year Olympic medal drought its players took time to reflect on the…
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